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G. Gordon Liddy, who has been in the news lately because of harsh nti-government remarks he made on his radio talk show, is, according to NPR enior news analyst Daniel Schorr, a man who has always operated "on the edge"

LETTERS: We hear a few comments and letters from our listeners

Host Liane Hansen speaks with editorial writer and columnist Tom ennedy, previously of the Houston Post, which went out of business two weeks go. The two discuss the future of newspapers in this country, and the closings f several papers in recent years.

Daniel spends an afternoon watching the national sport of the Island of Puerto Rico...Cock Fighting. Daniel discusses the official rules of combat, judging, and the methods of training to get the roosters in shape for fighting. He even does a play by play.

STARK: Popular culture commentator Steven Stark looks into his rystal ball and sees a nation obsessed with psychic and astrological affairs

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including Attorney General Janet Reno on Cuban refugees at Guantanamo, resident Bill Clinton on militias, Secretary of State Warren Christopher on the ran trade embargo, South African Foreign Minister Alfred Inzo on nuclear isarmament, Dr. Henry Foster on his nomination as Surgeon General, Senator Dan oats (R-IN) and Senator Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) on Foster's nomination as urgeon General.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with freshman ongresswoman Enid Waldholtz (R.-UT). Waldholtz is the first G.O.P. epresentative on the House Rules Committee in 80 years. They discuss her erspective on the first one-hundred days of the Republican agenda for Congress nd how her pregnancy will affect her own congressional agenda.

FROM MEMBER STATION WNYC, BETH FERTIG REPORTS THAT SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS ARE THREATENING TO STRIKE NEXT WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY, STRANDING 150 THOUSAND STUDENTS.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT VETERAN N.F.L. QUARTERBACK JOE MONTANA, WHO WILL ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT NEXT WEEK.

SIMON/FISH: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LES KAUFMAN, ABOUT HIS PLAN TO FUND HIS RESEARCH AND SAVE ENDAGERED FISH. FOR FIFTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS, DOZENS OF LUCKY DONORS WILL BE ABLE TO NAME A SPECIES OF FISH IN LAKE VICTORIA IN EASTERN AFRICA.